190 pages ; 18 cm

We are called to be women. The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman. For I have accepted God's idea of me, and my whole life is an offering back to him of all that I am and all that he wants me to be. In these days of conflicting demands and cultural pressures, what kind of woman do you wish to be? How should you respond? What should you think? Elisabeth Elliot is one of Christendom's most able and articulate writers. In this profound and moving book she presents her unique perspective. Now married a third time after losing two husbands through death, she offers golden insights which apply to the single, the married, and the widowed. These notes on womanhood, written to her daughter Valerie a few weeks before Val's marriage, are a gift of lasting worth for all Christian women. - Back cover

Includes bibliographical references

The God who is in charge -- Not who am I? but whose am I? -- Where to hang your soul -- A daughter, not a son -- Creation : woman for man -- Jellyfish and pride -- The right kind of pride -- The weight of wings -- Single life : a gift -- One day at a time -- Trust for separation -- Self-discipline and order -- Whose battle? -- Freedom through discipline -- God sets no traps -- A paradoxical principle -- Masculine and feminine -- The soul is feminine -- Is submission stifling? -- Twenty questions -- A choice is a limitation -- Commitment, gratitude, dependence -- You marry a sinner -- You marry a man -- You marry a husband -- You marry a person -- Forsaking all others -- Dynamic, not static -- A union -- A mirror -- A vocation -- What makes a marriage work -- Acceptance of divine order -- Equality is not a Christian ideal -- Heirs of grace -- Proportional equality -- The humility of ceremony -- Authority -- Subordination -- The restraint of power -- Strength by constraint -- Masters of ourselves -- A universe of harmony -- Be a real woman -- The courage of the Creator -- The inner sanctum -- Loyalty -- Love is action -- Love means a cross

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